Originally Posted By: Faldage
 Originally Posted By: latishya
The presence of Spanish-sourced vocabulary does not make Tagalog a creole of Spanish. If it does, then English is a Spanish creole too.


Or either a French creole. I would say the simplest, and most likely, explanation is that Tagalog has a large number of Spanish loan words.


I agree! I think the Spanish language crept in during the centuries of Spanish rule.